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Afternoon Craft Talk/Q&A: “The Hidden Machinery: The Art of Fiction” with Margot Livesey

Margot Livesey is the award-winning author of ten books, including a collection of stories, Learning by Heart, and eight acclaimed novels: Homework, Criminals, The Missing World, Eva Moves the Furniture, Banishing Verona, The House on Fortune Street, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, and Mercury, which was named a Best Book of 2016 by Kirkus Reviews, … Continue reading Afternoon Craft Talk/Q&A: “The Hidden Machinery: The Art of Fiction” with Margot Livesey

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Talking Black in America, Documentary & Discussion with Producer Walt Wolfram

The film “Talking Black in America” will be shown at 8:00 pm Thursday, November 15 in the Memorial Union Great Hall. The film describes the history and role of language in the lives of African Americans and its impact on the speech and culture of the United States. Dr. Walt Wolfram, the film’s executive producer, … Continue reading Talking Black in America, Documentary & Discussion with Producer Walt Wolfram

November 15, 2018, 8:00pm | Memorial Union Great Hall
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Janna Dorman

Janna Dorman is a senior web-based training developer at Allina Health, a large healthcare organization located in Minneapolis, MN.  She creates interactive eLearning content utlizing adult-learning and scenario-based instructional design principles.  Janna graduated in 2014 with an M.A. in Rhetoric, Communication, and Professional Communication.

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DeRionne Pollard

DeRionne Pollard, President of Montgomery College, a multi-campus community college of 60,000 students near Washington, D.C., received an Iowa State B.A. in 1993 and M.A. in 1995, both in English.  She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Loyola-Chicago and was president of La Positas College in California before going to Montgomery … Continue reading DeRionne Pollard

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Shengyu Wang (2008)

Shengyu Wang received an M.A. in English in 2008.  He completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago writing on “Chinese Enchantment: Reinventing Pu Songling’s Classical Tales in the Realm of World Literature, 1880-1920.”  He teaches writing and World Literature at Wentzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China.